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NITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

J. F. TAPLEY AND GEORGE lW. TAPLEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS., ASSIGN- ORS TO THEMSELVES AND G. D. TAPLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER-CUTTING MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,679, dated July 24, 1866; antedated February 5, 1866.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, J. F. TAPLEY and GEO. W. TAPLEY, of Springfield, Hampden county, Commonwealth of Massachusetts,

have invented a new and Improved Paperw Cutting Machine; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersl of reference marked thereon.

This invention consists of certain improvements in the manner of cutting paper for col lars, 85o., and in attaching thereto an arrangement for indenting the same with imitation `stitches or printing ornamental devices on the collar at the same time that it is cut.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan, and Fig. 2 a side view, of our machine. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the manner of hanging the handle.

In construction this invention consists, first, of a hed-piece, A, from which the part B projects. To this part B is pivoted at a the arm O, carrying on its outer end the knife b, which is pressed against the edge of the bed at c. This edge is formed on the are of a circle havin g the same radius as the distance from the edge of the knife to the center of the pivot of the arm, or nearly that. This knife is attached to the arm, as shown in Fig. 8. The stem enters the piece el, which is placed in a slot and so arranged as to vibrate therein ron the pivot y, adjusted by the set-screws c c',

so as always to touch the edge of the bed at the edge of the knife on the side toward which it is traveling.

In connection with this cutter we use an ini denting or printing wheel, D, which is used The lever F and plate G are used to hold the sheet of paper down while it is being cut. The operation of this machine is simply to place a sheet of paper on the bed A, pressing it against the gage K. The handle of the` knife is pressed so as to bring the forward edge against the bed, so that a strip is cutoff, one side of which is the arc of a circle. This sheet so cutis then pushed forward and the knife returned, the other edge this time pressing against the edge, and a strip is out olf, forming a collar in the shape of a segment of a ring formed between two arcs of a circle.

It will be seen that the wheel D can also be applied to a straight cutter as well as a circular, either for printing or indenting', and also that the knife or cutter may be made to travel in partially-circular ways instead of being fastened to the radialarm O, herein described.

Now, having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isn

l. The method herein described of cutting paper and similar substances in the form of an arc of a circle for collars and other pun poses by means of a revolving or circular knife made to travel in an are of a circle or similar curve on which the paper is to be cut, substantiallyr in the manner herein set forth.

2. Arranging the knife b in the handle d, so as to be adjustable by means of the setscrews e e, substantially in the manner and for ,the purpose herein described.

3. Arranging the indenting or printing wheel D in connection with the cutting-knife b, substantially as herein set forth.

In combination with the wheel D, the spreading roll or rolls g and inking-plate E, when arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

J. F. TAPLEY. GEO. W. TAPLEY.

Witnesses:

J. B. GARDINER, J. E. FULLER. 

